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N. J. DOUGLAS.

GATE.

No. 354,107. Patented Dec. 14, 1886.

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NEXVTON J. DOUGLAS, OF .VAUCOMA, IOWA.

GATE.

SPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 35%,107, dated December 14, 1886.

Application filed April 6, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nnw'roN J. DOUGLAS, a citizen of the United States. residing at Waucoma, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of farmgates commonly known as swinging and sliding gates; and my object is to simplify the construction, reduce the number of parts, and provide a gate of this class that niay be easily and cheaply set up; and the invention consists in certain features of construction, hereinafterspecified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a gate constructed in accordance with my invention,thesan1e being shown partly open. Fig. 2 is a transverse longitudinal section of the same taken between the first and second rails. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing the hanger employed; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6, are details, hereinafter described.

Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A represents the usual longitudinal rails of a gate, and A. the usual tiebars connecting the same.

B represents the locking-post, and B the hinge-post. The hingepost B is preferably rectangular in cross-section, and one of its cor- 11ers, B, may be planed down for a PL1I'30SQ hereinafter specified. A suitable distance up and down the post B,at that portion ofthe same that is planed, 1 form apertures B, extending completely through said post.

G represents a bracket having the back portion, C,and the forwardlyprojecting arms 0 G perforated, as at 0* C respectively, the former perforation, 0', being considerably the larger. At the center of the back portion, 0, of the bracket is an aperture, 0, and equidistant therefrom are cast rearwardly-proj ectiug lugs 0 The lugs C are adapted to register with the apertures B in the post B, and when so registering and inserted therein the aperture 0 in the back portion, G, of the bracket is intended to register with an intermediate aperture, B Thus the bracket-fastening's, when mounted on a post, will occupy three holes, a

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bolt, 1), being adapted to pass through the apertures (L B, and to the opposite side ofthe post B, where it is provided with a nut. It Will now be seen that the bracket may be secured at different points when thus mounted upon the post, and is held rigidly in place by the lugs O and bolt 1).

E represents a bifurcated roller-support, at the bot tom of which is formed alug, E, adapted to fitthe aperture C of the bracket. The top of the bifurcated support is open, and within said bifu rcations,at a suitable point,is mounted a roller, E", upon which the rail of the gate is supported so as to slide.

The rail of the gate having beeninsei'ted between the bifurcations E and upon the roller E,

the support E is inserted top end first through the aperture G of the bracket 0, and the lug B then 10 wored down intoihcaperture Gflthus pivotally mounting the support with the gate therein in the bracket 0. A pin or bolt, 15*, passed through apertures E in the bifurcations E, serves to retain the rails in position, and also prevents the withdrawal of the support from the bracket.

It is readily apparent that the support and bracket may be cheaply and easily cast of metal, the lugs and apertures being .formed thereon, and the said bracket and roller support sold separately from any gate, and afterward put,with very little or no trouble,by the purchaser upon any gate adapted thereto.

From the above description the operation of the invention is at once apparent, in that the gate may be slid back upon the roller a certain distance and then swung bodily to one side, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It is also apparent that by reason of the series of equidistant holes B" the bracket, gate, and its rollersupport may be adjusted at any desired elevation.

Heretofore the roller-supporting bracket has been cast with an arm projecting at such an angle from the portion secured to the post as to bring the pivotal center of the roller-support outside of the post and opposite a corner thereof. I plane offone corner ofthe post,and then am enabled to use stronger, more compact bracket, i n that the pivotal center is nearer the portion of the bracket which is secured to the post. Bifurcated roller-supportingstandards have heretofore been employed, but of such form as to require the removal of the bracket or a portion thereof from the post to allow a separation of it from the post or gate, whereas by my construction the upper arm of the bracket is perforated to allow the support to be raised and removed. If the bolt E is used, it is first removed; otherwise nothing prevents taking the gate and roller-support bodily away from the post.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is The bracket 0, having a bolt-aperture, G, lugs G, and the arms 0 0 each having a bearing, 0 0 respectively, the latter being smaller presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

JOHN OCoN oR, E. MUMLY.

NEWTON J. DOUGLAS. 

